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Romero 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Director: Kimberly Peirce After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse. Director: Rob Reiner Edit Storyline It's nearing the end of the school year. High school senior Carrie White is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based on her upbringing. Her mother, Margaret White, is a religious fanatic, her extreme views primarily targeted against sex, which she believes is a sin. She even believes natural associated processes such as menstruation are a sin, about which she has refused to mention to Carrie. Mrs. White's beliefs were taken to that extreme largely because of her own failed marriage and her husband Ralph long ago having run off with another woman.

The only adult authority figure who tries to help Carrie with her life is her phys ed teacher, Miss Collins, who is nonetheless warned not to get too close to go against how Mrs. White chooses to raise Carrie, Mrs. White whose beliefs are well known in the community. An impromptu event that happens among Carrie's phys ed classmates against her leads to her classmates being punished. One of those students, ... Written by Huggo If you've got a taste for terror... take Carrie to the party. (Great Britian) See more » Genres: 16 November 1976 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Carrie - Lo sguardo di Satana See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia When Sissy Spacek was preparing for her character, she isolated herself from the rest of the ensemble, decorated her dressing room with heavy religious iconography and studied Gustave Doré 's illustrated Bible. She studied "the body language of people being stoned for their sins," starting or ending every scene in one of those positions. See more » Goofs Stephen King 's name is spelled "Steven King" in the trailer.

See more » Quotes Margaret White : Carrie, you haven't touched your apple cake. Carrie : It gives me pimples, Mama. Margaret White : Pimples are the Lord's way of chastising you.

Featured in Superstar (1999) See more » Soundtracks Written by Mike Towers , Eugene Garfin, Stephen Bonnem, Joseph Walter Newton Jr., & Carmine Lauro (Mexico) – See all my reviews It is a classic offbeat horror-melodrama merging harmoniously the family Gothic extravaganza, supernatural power, and a woman's movie of a peculiar kind It remains the cinema's best adaptation of a Stephen King novel The film initiated De Palma's inclination for surprise diverts between playful imagination and reality, as in the opening, which swifts from a soft-core porn fantasia of girls taking a shower in the locker room to the fact of Carrie's menstruation for the first timethe first sign of "otherness" that will reserve her as an horrifying monster from her small-minded colleagues All the oppression that Carrie undergoes both at home (with a bible beating maniacal mother played by scary Piper Laurie who develops twisted bizarre ideas) and at school to suppress tension which takes the shape of super telekinetic power, the ability to move objects with the strength of her mind We observe with ambivalence as Carrie's insatiable revenge jumps the line into uncontrolled mass murders ever filmed Sissy Spacek is amazing as

 the mocked, helpless girl pushed over the edge Her face and body twist like a living special effect to unleash her pent up rage, as well as her character's alarming progress from painfully shy high-school teenager to Angel of Vengeance 57 of 64 people found this review helpful.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes Carrie (1976) - Cast & Crew, Ratings, Awards Cast & Crew Carrie (1976) Horror | R | 1 hour and 38 minutes | November 3, 1976 (USA) Be the first to review +2 Producers: Brian De Palma , Paul Monash Writer: Lawrence D. Cohen In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

See All Movies MGM Formally Offers Lead Remake Of Stephen King's 'Carrie' To Chloe Moretz | Deadline MGM Formally Offers Lead Remake Of Stephen King's 'Carrie' To Chloe Moretz Stephen King BREAKING: After meeting and reading a group of young actresses for Carrie , MGM , Screen Gems and director Kim Peirce have made their decision and made the formal offer today to Chloe Moretz . If negotiations work out, she’ll play the title role in the remake of the Brian DePalma original that was based on the 1974 Stephen King bestseller. She’s expected to play the shy high school student Carrie White, who is raised by a nightmarish religious fanatic mother, and comes to grip with devastating telepathic powers just as she reaches puberty. She eventually uses those gifts for lethal means when fellow classmates use the prom as an excuse to humiliate her before the entire school in a parable about bullying. Sissy Spacek played the character in the first movie, with Piper Laurie playing her mother, and Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, Betty Buckley and William Katt rounding out the cast. Both Spacek and Laurie got Oscar nominations for their work in the 1976 film.

The studio and Peirce have been meeting with actresses for the past two weeks. Word all along was that while other names were circulating, Peirce and the studio had an eye on Moretz. The studio denied it at the time, but what actually happened is, Moretz didn’t meet with Peirce until last weekend. She got the job immediately. Moretz, who first came on with performances in Kick-Ass, (500) Days Of Summer and Let Me In, is at the top of the crop of young actresses. Coming off Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, her next major film is the Tim Burton-directed Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp. She’s repped by WME and 3 Arts. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the script and Kevin Misher’s producing. Insiders said that once they make Moretz’s deal, they will focus on landing the psycho mom and supporting cast and they will shoot this year. Carrie vs. Carrie: Comparing the Sissy Spacek original with the Chloé Grace Moretz remake | Toronto Star Movies Carrie vs.

Carrie: Comparing the Sissy Spacek original with the Chloé Grace Moretz remake A remake of Carrie arrives in theatres Friday, but how will it stand up to the 1976 terror teen original? Here are a few of the differences we’ve gleaned between Carrie (1976) and Carrie (2013), which include a real teen lead actress and many gallons more blood. THEN: 1976 Carrie is assaulted by other girls with tampons and sanitary pads. NOW: In the shower, 2013 Carrie has tampons thrown at her and iPhones shoved in her face. NOW: Julianne Moore, Carrie's 2013 mom, gets up close with a kitchen knife. NOW: Chlo� Grace Moretz plays the title role in the remake of Carrie. She was 16 when it was filmed, unlike the actress in the original movie. THEN: Sissy Spacek as Carrie White gets drenched with pig blood at the prom in this scene from the original movie THEN: Piper Laurie as Carrie's 1976 mom learns the hard way that kitchen implements can be dangerous. By Peter Howell Movie Critic Thu., Oct.

17, 2013 Carrie remake director Kimberly Peirce says she wanted to “modernize” Stephen King’s terrifying story of a tormented supernatural teen, which Brian De Palma first brought to the screen in 1976. The 2013 redo, out Friday (with some late Thursday sneaks), has been kept under close wraps (never a good sign). But the trailer and other promo material suggest Peirce sticks close to the original script of the film Entertainment Weekly ranks No. 16 of the 20 Scariest Movies of All Time. Here are a few differences we’ve gleaned between Carrie (1976) and Carrie (2013).

They include a real teen lead actress and many gallons more blood: Age of lead actress at time of film’s release: Carrie (1976):Sissy Spacek, 26 Carrie (2013): Chloë Grace Moretz, 16 Actresses considered for the role but rejected/refused: Carrie (1976): Carrie Fisher, Linda Blair, Amy Irving, Farrah Fawcett, Melanie Griffith, Jill Clayburgh Carrie (2013): Lindsay Lohan, Shailene Woodley, Emily Browning, Lily Collins, Haley Bennett, Bella Heathcote Items used to assault Carrie in shower scene: Carrie (1976): Tampons and sanitary pads Carrie (2013): Tampons and iPhone pictures Name of Carrie’s school: Carrie (1976): Bates High School (Psycho film shout-out) Carrie (2013): Ewen High School (original King novel) Advertising tag line: Carrie (1976): “Take Carrie to the prom — I dare you!” Carrie (2013): ‘You will know her name” Estimated gallons of fake pig’s blood used: Carrie (1976): About five (one big

 bucketful) Carrie (2013): Between 300-400 (prop master) and 1,000 (Peirce) Oath sworn by Carrie’s crazy mom: Carrie (1976): “The sin never dies!” (Piper Laurie) Carrie (2013): “There will be a judgment, Carrie!” (Julianne Moore) Modern technology: Carrie (1976): Rotary dial telephones, library card catalogues Carrie (2013): Smartphones, YouTube, Facebook Scary airborne household items: Carrie (1976): Flying potato peeler Carrie (2013): Flying bed Ominous song heard in film/trailer: Carrie (1976): “Education Blues” (Vance or Towers band) Carrie (2013): “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” (Lykke Li) Extent of fiery mayhem: Carrie (1976): The high school, Carrie’s home, Billy’s car Carrie (2013): Pretty much the entire town, plus Billy’s car Sources: Toronto Star library, IMDB.com, Moviefone.com ‘Carrie’ star Chloe Grace Moretz almost too

 kick-ass for horror redo | Hero Complex – movies, comics, pop culture – Los Angeles Times Link It’s conceivable that at some point in the near future, Chloe Grace Moretz could conquer the world.

Perched on a sofa at a West Hollywood hotspot in slim black pants and a gray cardigan, the 16-year-old displays the same sort of unbridled moxie that she channeled as the pint-sized, foul-mouthed superhero Hit-Girl in the “Kick-Ass” movies. Her girlishness still comes through — Moretz laughs easily and has a fondness for the word “dude,” but when talking about her career path, she’s all business, articulating her professional goals with the conviction of a savvy strategist plotting a corporate takeover. When she speaks, she looks you straight in the eye. Chloe Moretz in Hollywood in early October. (Paul A. Hebert / Associated Press) Even her Twitter bio offers a message of empowerment, advising her more than 725,000 followers to “live life to the fullest and never back down.” That innate confidence, however, nearly proved a stumbling block to her landing the lead role in the “Carrie” remake, a new take on the Stephen King novel first brought to the screen in 1976.

The actress auditioned for nearly 11 hours before she was cast as Carrie White, the bullied girl who unleashes her telekinetic powers after being drenched in pig’s blood at the high school prom. “I’ve lived a lot of life at a young age,” Moretz said on a recent September afternoon. “I’m close to the age of the character but that doesn’t mean I’m the vulnerability of the character or that I have the virgin quality that Carrie has. I had to prove my worth, basically.” Directed by Kimberly Peirce (“Boys Don’t Cry”), the new “Carrie” contemporizes King’s tale for the age of CG effects and cyberbullying, and it arrives as a sort of commercial box office test for director and star. The R-rated update from MGM and Screen Gems is Peirce’s first directorial effort in five years, since the 2008 Iraq war drama “Stop-Loss” opened to solid reviews but lukewarm returns. It marks the first title role in a studio film for Moretz, though the actress has been steadily working to segue into more mature parts.

Her resume already includes supporting turns in Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows,” and such indie projects as “Texas Killing Fields” and “(500) Days of Summer.” Moretz said she was only 10 or 11 when she watched Brian DePalma’s “Carrie,” which earned star Sissy Spacek her first Oscar nomination and ranks as one of the most thrilling movies in cinema history, according to the American Film Institute. But the actress, who at the time was filming the moody vampire tale “Let Me In,” doesn’t remember being especially unnerved by it. “I was brought up in the era of Rob Zombie movies, which are terrifying,” Moretz said, drawing out the syllables of “terr-i-fy-ing” to emphasize her point. “DePalma movies are scary, but at the end of the day, it’s slightly cheesy because they didn’t quite have the money they have nowadays to make things look very realistic.

I’m terrified of real psycho stories, not, like, I’m going to strangle you with my powers.” Chloe Moretz, left, and Julianne Moore in a scene from “Carrie.” (Michael Gibson / Sony Pictures) Just as in the original story, Carrie’s powers in the new film arrive with the onset of menstruation. The story opens with the shy teen — who is coping not only with a deranged single mother who routinely locks her in a prayer closet, but also the jeers of the popular crowd at school — getting her first period in the shower after gym class. Rather than helping the sheltered girl, who has no idea what’s happening to her, the other students pelt her with tampons. Things devolve from there, leading to the prank at the prom that pushes Carrie to use her budding supernatural abilities for revenge. To help Moretz tap into Carrie’s fragile psyche, Peirce spoke to the actress for hours about her adolescent insecurities and even took her to women’s shelters to talk with people who had experienced real-world hardship. Julianne Moore, left, and Chloe Moretz attend the Los Angeles premiere of “Carrie” on Oct. 7.

(Eric Charbonneau / Associated Press) “I said to her, ‘You’ve been working on red carpets, you’ve been hanging out with Tim Burton and Martin Scorsese and that’s great. You’re wildly successful, but that is completely opposite of what we need,’” Peirce recalled. “’I don’t want you to be the precocious girl. I want you to be the broken woman.’” Peirce also scheduled a weeks-long intensive rehearsal period in Toronto last year just before filming began during which time Moretz bonded with Julianne Moore, who plays Carrie’s disturbed, deeply religious mother, Margaret. “I look up to [Moore] like crazy,” Moretz said. “She’s a mentor to me now.

There were moments where we’d just start laughing because we were doing the weirdest stuff we’ve ever done — we would have crazy conversations and then we’d be crying and killing each other.” Apart from Moore and actress Judy Greer, who plays Carrie’s sympathetic gym teacher Miss Desjardin, the supporting cast is filled with relative newcomers including Portia Doubleday as chief mean girl Chris, British model Gabriella Wilde as the more kind-hearted Sue Snell and Ansel Elgort as her boyfriend, Tommy (Elgort already has roles booked in two anticipated adaptations of young adult novels, “Divergent” and “The Fault in Our Stars,” both set for release in 2014). Though Moretz ranked as a veteran among the cast, she described the experience of shooting the movie as grueling and credits the steadying presence of her mother and one of her four older brothers with helping her through the production. “Carrie” director Kimberly Peirce, left, and stars Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore on the film’s set. (Sony Pictures) “I would come home from the set just drained,” Moretz said.

“I would have to stay for 18 hours and just be in that mind-set of Carrie, which is just the darkest, most suicidal area that you could be in. It’s hard to stay there your entire day. I would look in the mirror and be like, I don’t know who I am right now.” “What was amazing to me was how much Chloe grew up,” Peirce said. “I think that was extraordinary because that was my concern. I needed her to grow up, and I needed her to grow up on screen, and she just came to life.” Chloe Moretz attends the Los Angeles premiere of “Carrie” on Oct. 7. (Frederic J. Brown / Getty Images) Moretz began her movie career in horror, starring in a 2005 remake of “The Amityville Horror.” With “Carrie” set to open to roughly $30 million this weekend (its prospects arguably bolstered by a two-minute stunt video of a young woman telekinetically demolishing a coffee shop that went viral), she’s ready to tackle more grim, dramatic roles.

Earlier this month, she traveled to Louisiana to film the harrowing family crime drama “Dark Places,” based on the Gillian Flynn novel opposite Charlize Theron and Christina Hendricks, and she’s set to star in “If I Stay,” about a young woman involved in a fatal car accident. That’s in addition to her already completed work on Antoine Fuqua’s “The Equalizer,” the TV series adaptation that stars Denzel Washington, and respected indie filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ “Sils Maria,” with Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche. “I think the reason I do a lot of these dark roles and the reason I’m OK with getting to this dark stuff is because I don’t have a dark life,” Moretz said. “I have an incredibly normal life. I have a family that loves me. I’ve had an amazing childhood.” – Gina McIntyre Follow us on Twitter: @LATHeroComplex RECENT AND RELATED Carrie (1976 film) | Women Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Carrie White, a shy and friendless 17-year-old girl, is the scapegoat of her school in North Carolina. She is abused by her unstable mother Margaret, who is a Christian fundamentalist.

One day, after a game of volley ball in gym class in the showers, Carrie experiences her abnormally delayed first period. Having no prior knowledge of menstruation, Carrie believes she is bleeding to death. The other girls (including Chris Hargensen and Sue Snell), add to her shame and humiliation by pelting her with tampons and sanitary pads. The gym teacher Miss Collins intervenes and as Carrie becomes more frantic, a light bulb bursts in the showers. Miss Collins brings Carrie to the principal's office to excuse her from gym class for the next week. After Carrie grows angry from the principal repeatedly mispronouncing her name, an ashtray on his desk flips onto the floor. At home, Margaret receives a call from Miss Collins about the change-room incident. Margaret tells Carrie that the "curse of blood" was divine punishment for sin and forces her to confess before locking her into a dark and cramped prayer closet to pray for forgiveness. That night, a vengeful Carrie stares at her bedroom mirror until it shatters. The next day, the other students (as well as the teacher Mr. Fromm) laugh at her when she says that Tommy's poem is "beautiful".

Miss Collins subjects Carrie's PE class to a week-long boot-camp-style detention, threatening them with suspension from school and the prom if they do not attend. Chris' defiant attitude has her slapped by Collins and Chris storms out, unremorseful of her prom ban. Sue convinces her boyfriend Tommy Ross to invite Carrie to the prom. Carrie suspects she may have telekinesis. While researching in the library, Tommy invites her to the prom, but she declines, fearing another trick. Tommy later visits Carrie's house and repeats his invitation, which she accepts. Carrie tells her mother she is going to the prom, but Margaret declares the prom a sinful occasion. Carrie reveals her telekinesis by causing all the windows to slam shut, leading Margaret to believe she is a witch. Carrie insists on going to the prom, and Margaret reluctantly accepts. Chris tells her delinquent boyfriend Billy Nolan that she wants revenge on Carrie. She goes with Billy and some of his friends to a local farm, where Billy slaughters a pig and exsanguinates it. Billy then sneaks into the school and places the bucket above the school's stage.

As Carrie prepares for the evening, her mother tries to discourage her from going to the prom, claiming that "They're all gonna laugh at you!" Carrie's classmates are surprised to see her at the prom, and though most treat her neutrally, several girls point and snicker, (especially once she reveals her dress is homemade). Carrie begins to enjoy herself (especially after Miss Collins comforts her with stories of her own prom) and dances blissfully with Tommy, who gives her her first kiss. Sue, who was unable to attend due to lacking a date, sneaks into the prom to ensure everything goes well for Carrie. Carrie after having pig's blood dumped on her by Billy and Chris. To Carrie's surprise, she and Tommy are named prom king and queen. This is actually part of Chris and Billy's plan; Chris' friend Norma Watson had replaced the ballots with fake ones for Tommy and Carrie. As the couple approaches the stage, Sue discovers Chris holding a rope attached to the bucket of pig's blood. Before Sue can warn Carrie, Miss Collins forces her out, believing she is there for mischief. After the crown is placed on Carrie's head, Chris pulls the rope and Carrie is drenched in pig's blood.

Chris and Billy escape the gym laughing, as Tommy is knocked unconscious by the falling bucket. Carrie hallucinates the whole room laughing at her. Carrie snaps into a cold rage, and telekinetically seals the exits. She manipulates a fire hose and uses it to blast the students with water. The water makes contact with the electrical wiring and ignites a fire that consumes the gym. Nearly all of the students and faculty (including Miss Collins) are killed as Chris and Billy witness the carnage from a high window. Carrie leaves the gym and begins walking home, covered in blood. Chris and Billy attempt to run Carrie over with Billy's car, but Carrie telekinetically flips the car over and causes it to explode, killing them. Carrie returns home and takes a bath to wash off the pig's blood, and puts on her nightgown. She encounters Margaret and breaks down in her arms. Margaret confesses to Carrie that she and her husband, Ralph, believed that sex was a sin and abstained from it, until he got drunk one night and raped her, which she actually enjoyed. This led to Carrie being conceived and Ralph leaving them.

She embraces Carrie as the two recite the Lord's Prayer together, but halfway through the prayer, Margaret backstabs Carrie with a butcher knife. Carrie falls down the stairs and is cornered in the kitchen by a crazed Margaret, who attempts to stab her more. Carrie's telekinesis is adrenalized, magnetising all the sharp and pointy utensils in the kitchen to her mother, crucifying her in the doorway. Carrie screams and unhooks her mother just as the house starts to shake from either supernatural energy or her own energy, whether it's an earthquake is not revealed. The house debris caves in on the two, and sinks into the ground, with fire possibly alluding to hell. Some time later, Sue, the sole survivor of the prom massacre, has a dream in which she visits the lot where Carrie's house once stood. As she places flowers on the ground, Carrie's bloody hand shoots out of the ground and grabs her wrist, and Sue wakes up screaming in her mother's arms.

§Cast[edit] Sissy Spacek as Carrie White Piper Laurie as Margaret White Amy Irving as Sue Snell William Katt as Tommy Ross John Travolta as Billy Nolan Nancy Allen as Chris Hargensen Betty Buckley as Miss Collins P. J. Soles as Norma Watson Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Snell Sydney Lassick as Mr. Fromm Stefan Gierasch as Mr. Morton Michael Talbott as Freddy DeLois Rory Stevens as Kenny Garson Doug Cox as John "The Beak" Rickman Harry Gold as George Dawson Edie McClurg as Helen Shyres Cindy Daly as Cora Wilson Dierdre Berthrong as Rhonda Wilson Katie Irving (uncredited) as Katie O'Shea §Production[edit] This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2013) Carrie was the first Stephen King novel to be published and the first to be adapted into a feature film.

In an interview in Port Charlotte, Florida at a public appearance near his home on the Gulf coast on March 20, 2010, King said he was 26 years old at the time and was paid just $2,500 for the film rights, but added "I was fortunate to have that happen to my first book."[4] De Palma told Cinefantastique magazine in an interview in 1977: “ I read the book. It was suggested to me by a writer friend of mine. A writer friend of his, Stephen King, had written it. I guess this was almost two years ago [circa 1975]. I liked it a lot and proceeded to call my agent to find out who owned it. I found out that nobody had bought it yet. A lot of studios were considering it, so I called around to some of the people I knew and said it was a terrific book and I'm very interested in doing it. Then nothing happened for, I guess, six months.[5] ” Lawrence D.

Cohen was hired as the writer, and produced the first draft, which had closely followed the novel's intentions.[6] However, later versions departed from King's vision rapidly, and certain scripted scenes were omitted from the final version, mainly due to financial limitations. The final scene, in which Sue reaches toward Carrie's grave, was shot backwards to give it a dreamlike quality. It was also filmed at night, using artificial lighting to create the desired effect. This scene was inspired by the final scene in Deliverance (1972).[6] Spacek had insisted on using her own hand in the given scene, so she was positioned under the rocks and gravel. DePalma stated, "Sissy, come on, I'll get a stunt person. What do you want? To be buried in the ground?!" However Spacek declared, "Brian, I have to do this." DePalma explains that they "had to bury her. Bury her! We had to put her in a box and stick her underneath the ground. Well, I had her husband bury her because I certainly didn't want to bury her.

I used to walk around and set up the shot and every once in a while we'd hear Sissy: 'Are we ready yet?' 'Yeah, Sissy, we're going to be ready real soon.'" The White house was filmed in Santa Paula, California and to give the home a Gothic theme, director and producers went to religious shops looking for artifacts to place in the home. The site of one of the locations where Carrie was filmed, Palisades Charter High School ("Pali High"), was owned by Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher - parents of Carrie Fisher - years before the school was built. Some years after the couple had purchased the lot, the State acquired the land by eminent domain (compulsory purchase) to build the school. Many young actresses auditioned for the lead role, including Melanie Griffith. Sissy Spacek was persuaded by husband Jack Fisk to audition for the title role. Fisk then convinced De Palma to let her audition, and she read for all of the parts. De Palma's first choice for the role of Carrie was Betsy Slade, who received good notices for her role in the 1974 film Our Time.

Determined to land the leading role, Spacek backed out of a television commercial she was scheduled to film,[7] rubbed Vaseline into her hair, didn't bother to wash her face, and arrived for her screen test clad in a sailor dress which her mother had made her in the seventh grade, with the hem cut off,[5] and was given the part. Amy Irving was cast alongside her mother, Priscilla Pointer, who would play the mother of Irving's character. Nancy Allen was the last to audition, and her audition came just as she was on the verge of leaving Hollywood.[6] She and De Palma later married. §Filming[edit] Edit De Palma began with director of photography Isidore Mankofsky, who was eventually replaced by Mario Tosi after conflict between Mankofsky and De Palma ensued.[8] Gregory M. Auer served as the special effectssupervisor for Carrie, with Jack Fisk, Spacek's husband, as art director. A wraparound segment at the beginning and end of the film was scripted and filmed which featured the Whites' home being pummeled by stones that hailed from the sky.

The opening scene was filmed as planned, though on celluloid, the tiny pebbles looked like rain water.[6] A mechanical malfunction botched production the night when the model of the Whites' home was set to be destroyed, so they burned it down instead and dropped the scenes with the stones altogether.[6] §Reception[edit] Edit Carrie received largely positive reviews and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1976.[9][10][11] The film currently holds a 92% "Certified Fresh" rating on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus states: "Carrie is a horrifying look at supernatural powers, high school cruelty, and teen angst -- and it brings us one of the most memorable and disturbing prom scenes in history."[12] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated the film was an "absolutely spellbinding horror movie", as well as an "observant human portrait", giving three and a half stars out of four.[13] Pauline Kael of The New Yorker stated that Carrie was "the best scary-funny movie since Jaws — a teasing, terrifying, lyrical shocker".

Take One Magazine critic Susan Schenker said she was "angry at the way Carrie manipulated me to the point where my heart was thudding, and embarrassed because the film really works."[14] A 1998 edition of The Movie Guide stated Carrie was a "landmark horror film", while Stephen Farber prophetically stated in a 1978 issue of New West Magazine, "it's a horror classic, and years from now it will still be written and argued about, and it will still be scaring the daylights out of new generations of moviegoers."[15] Quentin Tarantinoplaced Carrie at number 8 in a list of his favorite films ever.[16] Nevertheless, the film was not without its detractors. Andrew Sarris of The Village Voice commented, "There are so few incidents that two extended sequences are rendered in slow-motion as if to pad out the running time..."[15] In addition to being a box office success - earning $14.5 million in theater rentals by January 1978[17] - Carrie is notable for being one of the few horror films to be nominated for multiple Academy Awards.

Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie received nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards, respectively. The film also won the grand prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, while Sissy Spacek was given the Best Actress award by the National Society of Film Critics.

In 2008, Carrie was ranked number 86 on Empire Magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[18] This movie also ranked number 15 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies, and #46 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Greatest Cinema Thrills, and was also ranked eighth for its famous ending sequence onBravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004).[19] In a March 20, 2010 interview, King replied that he thought, although dated now, Carrie was a "good movie."[4] §Legacy[edit] AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – Nominated[20] AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #46[21] AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains: Carrie White – Nominated Villain[22] AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – Nominated[23] §Music[edit] Edit The score for Carrie

 was composed by Pino Donaggio.

In addition, Donaggio scored two pop songs ("Born to Have It All" and "I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me") with lyrics by Merrit Malloy for the early portion of the prom sequence. These songs were performed by Katie Irving (no relation to star Amy Irving and her mother, Priscilla Pointer). Donaggio would work again with De Palma onHome Movies, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double, Raising Cain, and Passion. The other songs were uncredited in the film and omitted from all album releases due to different ownership. These songs are "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas, "Education Blues" by Vance or Towers, and a third song called "Lady Lay", which is also presumed to be by Vance or Towers (it was co-written by the band's Michael Towers[24])Additionally, two brief musical interludes during the prom ("Pre-Prom Disco" and "Ernest's Announcement") were also written by the same songwriting team who wrote "Lady Lay"[24] and have never been issued. The soundtrack album was originally released on vinyl in 1976 under the United Artists label.

It was also released on cassette tape at some time during the '70s or '80s. A deluxe CD edition containing a few tracks of dialogue from the film was released by MGM/Rykodisc in 1997, and a 2005 CD re-release of the original soundtrack (minus dialogue) was available from Varèse Sarabande. Huge portions of the film's score were omitted from all of these releases. A bootleg version of the isolated score ripped from the Criterion laserdisc has also been in circulation on the internet. In 2010, Kritzerland Records released all 35 cues of Donaggio's score for the film on a 2-disc CD set which was boasted as the complete score. Also included in this edition were the versions of "Born to Have It All" and "I Never Dreamed..." which were heard in the film, as well as karaoke instrumentals of both songs, and hidden at the end of the final track, a version of the "Calisthenics" cue with Betty Buckley's studio-recorded voiceover from the detention scene. The second disc was a remastered copy of the original 13-track album.

The Kritzerland release was a limited edition of 1200 copies. Kritzerland re-released the first disc as "The Encore Edition" in Feb. 2013; this release was limited to 1000 copies.[25] §Related productions[edit] Carrie, along with the novel, has been reproduced and adapted several times. §Sequel[edit] Edit Main article: The Rage: Carrie 2 The Rage: Carrie 2 was released in 1999. It featured another teenager with telekinetic powers who is revealed to have shared a father with Carrie White. The film received universally negative reviews and was a box office failure. §2002 TV film[edit] Edit Main article: Carrie (2002 film) In 2002, a television film based on King's novel and starring Angela Bettis in the titular role was released. The film updated the events of the story to modern-day settings and technology while simultaneously attempting to be more faithful to the book's original structure, storyline, and specific events.

However, the ending was drastically changed: instead of killing her mother and then herself, the film has Carrie killing her mother, being revived via CPR by Sue Snell and being driven to Florida to hide. This new ending marked a complete divergence from the novel and was a signal that the movie served as a pilot for a Carrie television series, which never materialized. In the new ending, the rescued Carrie vows to help others with similar gifts to her own. Although Angela Bettis' portrayal of Carrie was highly praised, the film was cited by most critics as inferior to the original.[26] §Stage productions[edit] Edit Main article: Carrie (musical) Early in the 21st century, playwright Erik Jackson attempted to secure the rights to stage another production of Carrie the musical, but his request was rejected.

Jackson eventually earned the consent of Stephen King[27] to mount a new, officially-sanctioned, non-musical production of Carrie, which debuted Off-Broadway in 2006 with female impersonator Sherry Vine in the lead role.[28] Similarly, many other unofficial spoofs have been staged over the years, usually with a gym teacher named "Miss Collins" (as opposed to the novel's "Miss Desjardin" and the musical's "Miss Gardner"), most notably the "parodage" Scarrie the Musical,[29]which hit the Illinois stage in 1998 and was revived in 2005; Dad's Garage Theatre's 2002 production of Carrie White the Musical;[30] and the 2007 New Orleans production of Carrie's Facts of Life,[31] which was a hybrid of Carrie and the classic American sitcom The Facts of Life.

§2013 film[edit] Edit Main article: Carrie (2013 film) In May 2011, MGM and Screen Gems announced that Carrie would be adapted to film once more.[32] Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the script as "a more faithful adaptation" of King's novel. Aguirre-Sacasa had previously adapted King's epic novel The Stand into comic-book form in 2008. The role of Carrie was played by 16-year-old actress Chloë Grace Moretz.[33] Julianne Moore starred as Carrie's mother Margaret White, and Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell.[34] Alex Russell and Broadway actor Ansel Elgort played Billy Nolan and Tommy Ross respectively.[35] Portia Doubleday was given the role of Chris Hargensen and Judy Greer was cast as Miss Desjardin.[36] Kimberly Peirce, known for her work on Boys Don't Cry, directed the new adaptation.[37] It was released October 18, 2013 to mixed reviews and commercial success.

Question: Name the actress who played the title role in the 1976 film 'Carrie'.
Answer: Sissy Spacek